Accession No

1948.764.2


Description

Part of a very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Essex; ?Great Chesterford


Period

Roman


Source

Braybrooke Collection


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.764.2; ?Braybrooke 484


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Braybrooke number lost, but fits the dimensions of Braybrooke 484 very accurately.

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
If it is 484, it comes from the 15 ft shaft at Chesterford, 24th Jan. 1860; with 1948.768 (Coarse ware jug).
Event Date 24/1/1860
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched; body (broken, but restored) tapers from wide shoulder to very narrow foot
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Part of flagon, for other section see 1948.764.1.
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Part of a very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched.
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Cf Proc. Soc. Ant. Scotland 1928/9, p. 535, fig. 100 g from Mumrills
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:281565

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